Leonard Malik Explained

Leonard Malik
Birth Date:25 October 1908
Birth Place:Kattowitz, German Empire
Death Place:Mysłowice, Poland
Height:1.75 m[1]
Position:Forward
Years1:1923–1929
Clubs1:Pogoń Katowice
Years2:1929–1933
Years3:1934–1938
Clubs3:Proch Pionki
Nationalyears1:1930
Nationalteam1:Poland
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:1
Manageryears1:1934–1938
Managerclubs1:Proch Pionki (player-manager)

Leonard Malik (25 October 1908  - 10 October 1945) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward.[2] He earned one cap for the Poland national team in 1930.[3]

Personal life

Malik's cousin Richard was also a footballer, who played for Germany.[4]

Malik, who briefly served in the Polish Army in 1929, was an ethnic German of socialist views which caused him to be jailed at Bereza Kartuska Prison in 1938-39 as an opponent of the interwar Polish government. During the German occupation of Poland in the Second World War, Malik ran a casino for Wehrmacht personnel in Pionki. Accused of being a Gestapo informant, he was arrested by the Polish People's Republic and died in a forced labour camp on 10 October 1945.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leonard Malik . 90minut.pl . 2 October 2024 . pl.
  2. Web site: Leonard Malik . EU Football . 3 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Leonard Malik . worldfootball.net . 3 October 2021.
  4. Web site: 28 September 2020 . Piłkarze wyklęci – Leonard i Richard Malikowie . 8 November 2021 . Śląski Związek Piłki Nożnej . pl.